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Commuter uses the Xootr to zip through NYC traffic

Dave litterally flies through traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, on his Xootr kick scooter.

Recumbent triking in the snow, with style (Videos)

These two videos, taken in Poland, show recumbent trikes taking some truely awesome slides/drifts in the snow and ice. We naively assumed that recumbent triking would be a fair weather sport, something we tried only when the sun was shining and there was no chance of rain or snow. Now we know better, and can hardly wait to get out and get rolling.

Locking a recumbent trike or other bicycle (Video)

One of the key questions when you purchase a new HPV is how to secure it. For standard bicycles, it isn’t much of an issue and you have lots of choices depending on how much you want to spend and how secure you need to make your vehicle.

Great recumbent trike downhill run (Video)

I’m a huge fan of human powered vehicles and try to promote them when ever I can. And, because of some personal experience, I’ve also become a proponent of wearing proper protective gear while cycling.

So, when I ran across the great down hill run on a recumbent trike posted by “fumimaro029”, I really had mixed emotions. The run is great, and the fact that it was done during the rain, most likely in early summer 2007, made it even more impressive.

The only negative/downside that took the enjoyment out of it for me was the fact that the rider was only wearing sandals. Perhaps there are good reasons for just wearing sandals on a recumbent trike, I can’t be sure.

Sliding spins with a recumbent trike (Video)

“one23nifty” can do some pretty nifty slide/spins on his recumbent trike. I’m jealous.

My modified TW-Trikes Mantis 81 isn’t scheduled to show up until the middle of this month, and right now it’s pouring cats & dogs outside. Hopefully we’ll get some good weather towards the end of February and through March so that I can put some miles (km) on the trike.